When a sheep or goat bleats, it makes the sound that sheep and goats typically make. From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly. a small flock of bleating ewes and lambs. Bleat is also a noun. the faint bleat of a distressed animal
disapproval If you say that someone bleats about something, you mean that they complain about it in a way which makes them sound weak and irritating. They are always bleating about `unfair' foreign competition Don't come bleating to me every time something goes wrong. = whinge, whine
[ 'blEt, Northern also 'b ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English bleten, from Old English bl[AE]tan; akin to Latin flEre to weep, Old English bellan to roar; more at BELLOW.